By Justice Paul E. Pfeifer On April 16, 2009, Katrina McCall went to the Hamilton County Municipal Court to file a hand-written affidavit alleging that her husband – Mor Mbodji – had caused physical harm to her. That action touched off a case that ultimately made its way here – to the Supreme Court of Ohio. […]
BY: JUSTICE PAUL E. PFEIFER Should hypertension be considered a “handicap” that is eligible for workers’ compensation reimbursement to employers? That’s the question that was at the heart of a case that came before us here, at the Ohio Supreme Court. The case originated with Fairfield City Schools and one of its employees, Edward Carpenter […]
By Justice Paul E. Pfeifer Modern America is a very mobile society. It’s commonplace for people to have family members spread from coast to coast. And because of that, it’s not at all uncommon for divorced parents to live in different states from their children. When that happens, the question sometimes arises over which courts […]
Enhanced OVI Penalties By Justice Paul E. Pfeifer It is, unfortunately, not uncommon for someone to be charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. So when Gary Adkins was indicted for an OVI violation in September 2007, there was no reason to think that it was anything other than a routine drunk driving case. […]
By Justice Paul E. Pfeifer Ohio Supreme Court We do not often review divorce cases here at the Supreme Court of Ohio. When we do, it’s usually because some unique legal challenge has arisen during the divorce proceedings that call for a judicial review. Such was the case with the divorce of Jeffrey R. Kissinger […]
By Justice Paul E. Pfeifer This case, which came before us – the Supreme Court of Ohio – earlier this year, involved a man named Juan L. Lackey. In 2001, Juan, who drove truck for Penske Leasing Company, L.L.P., injured his knee while at work. He was able to continue working until surgery was performed […]
By Justice Paul E. Pfeifer COLUMBUS — In 1996 the Ohio legislature passed a sex offender registration statute that came to be known as Megan’s Law. It was named for seven-year-old Megan Kanka, the little New Jersey girl who, in the summer of 1994, was abducted from her home, then raped and murdered by a […]